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Opinion
Power through fiscal year-end budgeting with AI, workflow automation
To execute their second-half blitz, federal managers must pore through mountains of data across thousands of programs.
By Mark Fedeli
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US Arctic ambassador nomination may freeze due to foreign actions
The nomination for the first U.S. ambassador to the Arctic may remain frozen, despite competition in the region with China and Russia.
Without a comprehensive strategy to regulate foreign investment, China wins
In order to protect America’s vital supply chains from foreign interference, regulations and laws governing the primary watchdog for foreign investment must be updated.
By Jeff Green
Agencies now have 31 new ways to buy professional services
The General Services Administration has expanded the OASIS Small Business contract to include 161 contractors.
By Jessie Bur
Experts: VA loan ‘churning’ can hurt vets ... and the mortgage market
'Borderline predatory' lending practices are hurting some VA-backed borrowers.
By Karen Jowers
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission amid controversy and state opposition
Trump decided on Jan. 3 to dissolve the commission and place responsibility for voter fraud investigation in the hands of the Department of Homeland Security.
By Jessie Bur
How organization design limits government innovation, part 2 [Commentary]
With the Office of American Innovation, the White House has illuminated that public-sector innovation and growth is essential for the United States’ status as a global and economic leader. Still, the process toward actual innovation is more complex than this initiative makes it seem.
By Mark LaScola, ON THE MARK
Army looks to its youngest soldiers, officers to lead in cyber warfare
The fundamental character of war is changing rapidly, and it will be up to the U.S. military’s youngest leaders to figure out how to successfully fight the next wars, the Army’s top officer said.
By Kathleen Curthoys
How organization design limits government innovation, part 1 [Commentary]
By leveraging organization redesign, government agencies can discover more efficient ways to meet both the needs of the present and the vision for the future.
By Mark LaScola, ON THE MARK
Culture of harassment at National Parks Service, say employees
A September Work Environment Survey at the National Park Service found that 38.7 percent of respondents had experienced some form of harassment in the past year, among which gender harassment was the most prevalent.
By Jessie Bur
OPM: Executive branch employed vets more, still paid them less in FY2016
Office of Personnel Management data reflects a FY2016 rise in veterans employed by the federal executive branch, who now represent approximately one-third of the total U.S. federal workforce.
By Michael Peck
3 ways government can redesign models for revenue, the good of the public [Commentary]
From a revenue-generation standpoint to serving the public good, governments and government systems face unique redesign obstacles.
By Mark LaScola, ON THE MARK